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Ministry of Minority Affairs
Hamari Dharohar Scheme
"Hamari Dharohar” scheme has been formulated to preserve rich heritage of minority communities of India. The scheme provides for curating rich heritage of minorities under overall concept of Indian Culture which includes curating exhibitions, preservation of literature/ documents etc. Preservation of minority heritage buildings has not been undertaken so far under the Hamari Dharohar Scheme. The budget and funds utilization under Hamari Dharohar Scheme during previous financial years since 2016-17 are as below :-
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Year
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RE
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Expenditure
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2016-17
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8.00
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6.60
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2017-18
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12.00
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0.64
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2018-19
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6.00
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1.64
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2019-20
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3.00
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0.70
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2020-21
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5.20
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4.55
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2021-22
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2.00
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1.66
“Public Order” is a State subject as per the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India. The responsibility of maintaining law and order, registration and prosecution of crimes against life and property of all citizens including minorities, rests with the respective State Governments. Ministry has not received report of damage to minority heritage buildings from states.
This information was given by the Union Minister for Minority Affairs Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Update on COVID-19 Vaccine Availability in States/UTs
More than 163.63 Crore vaccine doses provided to States/UTs
More than 13.60 Crore balance and unutilized vaccine doses still available with States/UTs
The Union Government is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID-19 vaccination throughout the country. The nationwide COVID 19 vaccination started on 16th January 2021. The new phase of universalization of COVID-19 vaccination commenced from 21st June 2021. The vaccination drive has been ramped up through availability of more vaccines, advance visibility of vaccine availability to States and UTs for enabling better planning by them, and streamlining the vaccine supply chain.
As part of the nationwide vaccination drive, Government of India has been supporting the States and UTs by providing them COVID Vaccines free of cost. In the new phase of the universalization of the COVID19 vaccination drive, the Union Government will procure and supply  75% of the vaccines being produced by the vaccinemanufacturers in the country to States and UTs.
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VACCINE DOSES
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SUPPLIED
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1,63,63,18,725
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BALANCE AVAILABLE
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13,60,98,246
More than163.63 crore  vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs so far through Govt. of India  and through direct state procurement category.
More than 13.60Cr  balance and unutilized COVID Vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered.
Ministry of Culture
In a unique initiative to celebrate Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, Union Minister Sh. G.K Reddy launches the Amrit Mahotsav Podcast
The first series, Zara Yaad Karo Qurbani, goes live with an episode based on the Indian National Army
Ministry of culture is organsing Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav to celebrate 75 years of Independence and as part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, Union Minister for Culture and Tourism , Sh. G.K Reddy launched the Amrit Mahotsav Podcast. This podcast series is a tribute to the persons and movements that significantly contributed to India’s freedom struggle, some of which have not found a place in the conventional storyline.
The first series, Zara Yaad Karo Qurbani, went live with an episode based on the Indian National Army . New episodes will be added on a weekly basis.
As an ode to the sacrifices made, it is only befitting to salute these heroes by recollecting their stories of courage and valour as part of commemorating 75 years of India’s Independence. Disseminating these stories hopes to fulfil a multi-pronged purpose of sensitize the audience to the challenges and struggles faced by those who fought for country’s Independence, to instil nationalistic pride and serve as an inspiration for those listening, and to highlight the unsung heroes of the freedom struggle.
The podcast can be heard at https://amritmahotsav.nic.in/freedom-movement.htm
Ministry of Textiles
Indian Silk Industry
Silk industry is one of the major employment generating sectors of the country. However, the employment generation data is not maintained centrally. The foreign exchange generated by the Indian silk industry during the last three years and the current year is given below:
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Year
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Foreign Exchange generated through Exports 
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2018-19
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291
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2019-20
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247
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2020-21
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198
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2021-22

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211
Sericulture is an agriculture-based industry playing a vital role in development of the rural economy of our country. High employment potential, high returns, regular income at fixed intervals, women friendly & eco-friendly nature of occupation, are some of the salient features of sericulture.Further, the domestic consumption and export of silk & silk goods also contributes to the economy.
Raw silk production, consumption, import and export of silk in the country during each of the last three years and the current year are given below:
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Year
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Raw silk Production 
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Import of Raw silk 
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Consumption

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Export Earnings

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2018-19
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35,468
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2,785
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38,253
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291
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2019-20
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35,820
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3,315
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39,135
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247
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2020-21
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33,770
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1,804
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35,574
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198
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2021-22

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26,587
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1,377
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31,620
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211
The raw silk production targets fixed and achievements made during the last three years and the current year are given below:
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Year
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Raw silk Production 
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Target
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Achievement
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2018-19
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35,960
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35,468
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2019-20
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38,530
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35,820
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2020-21
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39,000
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33,770
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2021-22

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39,500
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26,587|
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This information was given by the Minister of State for Textiles Smt. Darshana Jardosh in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Rural Development
Measures taken to check irregularities in MGNREGA
The Government today said that the launching of National Electronic Fund Management System  in 21 States and one UT for direct transfer of wages into workers account, eFMS, Direct Benefit Transfer, Aadhaar based payment System are among the several measures being taken to tackle issues like misappropriation of funds, corruption and other irregularities under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act  from time to time. Replying to a question in the Rajya Sabha, the Minister of State for Rural Development Shri Ram Kripal Yadav said that since the responsibility of implementation of MGNREGA is rested with the State Governments, all complaints received in the Ministry are forwarded to the concerned state Governments for taking appropriate action including investigation, as per law.
The Minister said that adequate measures for assuring transparency and accountability have been built in the MGNREG Scheme. There are provisions of Social Audit, Grievance Redressal Mechanism, State Quality Monitor, National Level Monitors . Moreover, information pertaining to all transactions are in public domain  and the payments to the workers are made through Bank/Post Office account. The e-Muster system has been introduced to avoid bogus attendance and to check instances of tampering and misuse of muster rolls.
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Prime Minister's Office
Prime Minister’s meeting with President of South Africa
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi met H.E. Mr. Cyril Ramaphosa, President of the Republic of South Africa on 23 August 2023 in Johannesburg on the sidelines of the 15th BRICS Summit.
Both leaders reviewed the progress made in bilateral relations between the two countries and expressed satisfaction at the progress achieved in various fields including defence, agriculture, trade and investment, health, conservation and people to people ties.
Both sides also exchanged views on continued coordination in multilateral bodies and regional and multilateral issues of mutual interest. President Ramaphosa expressed full support for India’s G20 presidency and appreciated India’s initiative for giving the African Union full membership of G-20. He conveyed that he looked forward to visiting New Delhi for the G-20 Summit.
Prime Minister congratulated President Ramaphosa on the successful hosting of the BRICS Summit. Prime Minister accepted President Ramaphosa's invitation to pay a State Visit to South Africa at a mutually convenient date.
Election Commission
72.91 percent of votes recorded across 9 parliamentary constituencies of West Bengal in the final phase of polling today
Kolkata, May 19, 2019
In the seventh and final phase of Lok Sabha Election 2019, 1 crore 49 lakh 63 thousand 143 electors in all have voted from 9 parliamentary constituencies of West Bengal. This figure consists of 76 lakh 98 thousand and 63 male electors, 72 lakh 64 thousand 703 female electors as well as 377 electors from third gender. In this final phase, 111 candidates have contested the polls, out of which there were 17 female candidates. Voting was conducted in 17,042 polling stations spread across 9230 locations in the state. Further, 10 General Observers, 9 Expenditure Observers and 5 Police Observers were in charge across all the nine constituencies that went to poll in the state today.
Speaking about the percentage of votes polled till 5 p.m. today, Chief Electoral Officer Shri Aariz Aftab said, an average of 72.91 percent of votes have been polled across all the nine constituencies. The figures obtained till 5 p.m. suggest that at Dumdum - 73.05 percent, Barasat - 74.41 percent, Basirhat- 77.77 percent, Joynagar- 75.81 percent, Mathurapur – 78.52 percent, Diamond Harbour- 77.40 percent, Jadavpur – 70.97 percent, Kolkata South- 67.09 percent and Kolkata North – 61.18 percent votes have been polled.
While briefing in a press meet, the CEO said, 6 persons were injured and 324 preventive arrests and 22 specific case based arrests were made throughout the day. This apart, 2 vehicles of a candidate was damaged. Shri Aftab said, 3 Presiding Officers were removed in all. Of them, one was one duty at a booth in Baruipur Assembly Constituency, while the other two were in different booths in Falta Assembly Constituency. Further, one FIR was also filed during polling hours today, he said. Shri Aftab further said, a total of 3497 complaints have been received today, out of which 3101 complaints have already been disposed off.
The Additional Director General  Shri S N Gupta stated, 82 companies of CAPF will be deployed for guarding strong rooms till the counting day of May 23.
Stating the percentage of votes recorded in the 4 Assembly bye-polls, CEO said, at Darjeeling 60.80 percent, Islampur – 71.53 percent, Habibpur – 71.60 percent and at Bhatpara – 67.26 percent of polling took place today.
Ministry of Defence
FPV AMRIT KAUR JOINS ICG FLEET AT HALDIA
Kolkata: January 16, 2020.
The newly commissioned Indian Coast Guard Ship Amrit Kaur joined Coast Guard Fleet at Haldia on 16 Jan 2020. The ship was welcomed to Coast Guard District Headquarters, Haldia by the District Magistrate, Purba Medinipur, Shri Partha Ghosh and prominent civil dignitaries at Coast Guard Jetty,Haldia. Third in the series of five Fast Patrol Vessels built by GRSE, the ship was commissioned at Kolkata on 12 Jan 20 by Dr Ajay Kumar, Defence Secretary, Govt of India in the presence of Director General Krishnaswamy Natarajan, Director General Indian Coast Guard.
Speaking on the occasion, DIG SR Dash, Commander Coast Guard  said that the Indian Coast Guard in last four decades has witnessed impressive growth in force level, currently operating 146 surface platforms and 62 aircraft. Indian Coast Guard is now the fourth largest Coast Guard in the world and aims to become a force with 200 ships and 100 aircraft in the next five years.
With the joining.of ICGS Amrit Kaur, Indian Coast Guard will be able to enhance vigil along the West Bengal Coast and ensure assistance to fishermen at sea 24X7. He assured mariners that Indian Coast Guard will always remain vigilant to ensure their safety at sea.The ship is commanded by Commandant Himanshu Mishra and manned by five officers and 34 men.
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Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation
Performance-Oriented Approach and Fast Decision Making Key to Success: Nitin Gadkari
NPCC celebrated its 62nd Foundation Day
Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Road Transport & Highways and Shipping Shri Nitin Gadkari presided over the celebrations of 62nd foundation day of National Projects Construction Corporation  in New Delhi yesterday.
NPCC, which is a schedule ‘B’ Central Public Sector Enterprise of the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, was conferred with the status of Miniratna: Category-I in November 2018. NPCC has also been awarded ISO 9001:2015 certification.
Expressing confidence that NPCC would scale new heights in 2019, Shri Gadkari stressed on the need of performance-oriented approach and fast-tracked decision-making in achieving success. He said that NPCC has a very good track record and technological experience and has the potential of achieving greater success with hard work and positive attitude.
Shri Gadkari added that even as resources and technology are important, construction companies like NPCC must also realize the importance of finishing projects in time to win the trust of its clients and earn more profit.
Minister of State for Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal congratulated NPCC on the occasion of its 62nd foundation day and hoped that the organization touches new heights in the year 2019. Recently NPCC has got work order worth Rs. 12,000 Crore for constructions for Railways and soon it will construct a township in Imphal at a cost of Rs. 24,000 Crore.
Secretary, Shri Upendra Prasad Singh said that the performance of NPCC has improved a lot from a loss making company to a company making profits. Underlining the importance of introspection, Shri Singh said that achieving targets in time-bound manner without any compromise on quality is the key and there is still a long way to go.
Welcoming the guests, Chairman and Managing Director, NPCC, Shri Manohar Kumar said that during the financial year 2017-18 NPCC has secured business of Rs. 5217 crores and has order book position of Rs. 8537 crore. The turnover achieved is Rs. 1127 crore and the net worth of the organization is Rs. 173.81 crore.
Shri Manohar Kumar added that the company has achieved a turnover of Rs. 1103 crore up to December 2018 for the financial year 2018-19. The business development achievement is Rs. 3825 crore up to December 2018. For the year 2018-19, the target for turnover and business development has been fixed at Rs. 1300 crore and Rs. 1600 crore respectively.
Shri Gadkari handed over the awards to best performing officials for their good work in the last year. Eastern zone of NPCC won the best performing zone. The function also saw cultural performances towards the end of the programme.
Ministry of Jal Shakti
Upper Bhadra Project
Upper Bhadra Project envisages lifting of 17.40 Thousand Million Cubic Feet  of water from river Thunga to Bhadra reservoir and 29.90 TMC from Bhadra reservoir for utilization in Upper Bhadra Project. However, as intimated by Government of Karnataka, there is no proposal of construction of reservoir on Vedavathi river in between Vanivilasa Sagar in Karnataka and Bhairavanitippa project in Andhra Pradesh.
During appraisal, Central Water Commission under this Ministry has ascertained that the water utilization proposed under Upper Bhadra project by Karnataka is well within the allocations made to the State by Krishna Water Dispute Tribunal – I . Accordingly, the project has been considered acceptable from inter-State angle and has been accepted by the Advisory Committee for Irrigation, Flood Control and Multipurpose Projects of this Ministry, in its 147th meeting held in December, 2020.
This Information was given by the Minister of State for Jal Shakti, Shri Bishweswar Tudu in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Defence
Mount Deotibba Expedition-2018
 which is located in Himachal Pradesh, has been organised by the Indian Navy from 28 May to 15 Jun 2018. The expedition was flagged off by Vice Admiral AK Chawla, AVSM, NM, VSM, Chief of Personnel on 28 May 2018 from New Delhi. Lieutenant Commander Kokila Sajwan will be leading the team which comprises of 15 members including two base camp support staff.
Indian Navy had summitted Mt Everest in May 2017. The Service had previously launched the first successful expedition to Everest in 1965 and has been to the South & North poles in 2006 and 2008 respectively. Now, with culmination of Sagar-Parikarma, the circumnavigation around the globe by All Women Navy Team, Indian Navy seeks to achieve a similar feat on land by organising an ‘All Women Expedition to Mt Deotibba as a launch pad for scaling higher peaks including Everest in near future
DKS/MS
Cabinet
Cabinet approves ratification of the Second Commitment Period of Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval to ratify the Second Commitment Period of the Kyoto Protocol on containing the emission of Green House Gases . The second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol was adopted in 2012. So far, 75 countries have ratified the Second Commitment Period.
In view of the critical role played by India in securing international consensus on climate change issues, this decision further underlines India's leadership in the comity of nations committed to global cause of environmental protection and climate justice. Ratification of the Kyoto Protocol by India will encourage other developing countries also to undertake this exercise. Implementation of Clean Development Mechanism  projects under this commitment period in accordance with Suslainable Development priorities will attract some investments in India as well.
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change  seeks to stabilise Green House Gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would minimize interference with the climate system. Recognizing that developed countries are principally responsible for the current high levels of Greenhouse Gas  in the atmosphere, the Kyoto Protocol places commitments on developed nations to undertake mitigation targets and to provide financial resources and transfer of technology to the developing nations. Developing countries like India have no mandatory mitigation obligations or targets under the Kyoto Protocol.
Background
The Kyoto Protocol was adopted in 1997 and the 1st commitment period was from 2008-2012. At Doha in 2012, the amendments to Kyoto Protocol for the 2nd commitment period  were successfully adopted for the period 2013- 2020. Developed countries have already started implementing their commitments under the 'opt-in' provisions of the Doha Amendment.
India has always emphasized the importance of climate actions by developed country Parties in the pre-2020 period. Besides, it has advocated climate actions based on the principles and provisions of the Convention, such as the principle of Equity and Common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities .
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Less than 50,000 cases reported in the last 24 hours
Difference between Recovered and Active Cases steadily Increasing
India has reported less than 50,000 daily new cases in the last 24 hours with 45,674 persons having tested positive for COVID-19. New daily cases have been trending downward since 15th of October.
Keeping with the trend of recoveries outnumbering new cases, 49,082 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours. This trend has been observed for the 37th day today. This has played a pivotal role in pushing down the active caseload which is presently 5.12 lakhs.
The active caseload in the country is 5,12,665 today. These cases contribute only 6.03% of India’s total positive cases, indicating a sustained downward trend.
The Recovery Rate of 92.49% is a reflection of the 78,68,968 recovered cases. The gap between Recovered cases and Active cases presently stands at 73,56,303. This gap has been steadily increasing.
76% of the new recovered cases are observed to be concentrated in 10 States/UTs.
Kerala displaced Maharashtra to have the maximum number of single day recoveries.7,120 people recovered in Kerala during the last 24 hours followed by 6,478 in Maharashtra.
76% of the new cases are from 10 States and UTs.
Kerala reported 7,201 cases in the last 24 hours followed closely by Delhi with 6,953 cases. Maharashtra has come a distant third with 3,959 new cases yesterday.
559 case fatalities have been reported in the past 24 hours.
Of these, ten States/UTs account for nearly 79%. More than 26.8% of new fatalities reported are from Maharashtra . Delhi and West Bengal follow with 79 and 58 new deaths, respectively.
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
Department of Consumer Affairs reviews price and availability of Tomatoes in Delhi; Directs Mother Dairy to sell Tomatoes at 40 Rs. per Kilogram through all its outlets
 today reviewed the price and availability of Tomatoes in Delhi with stakeholders in a High Level Inter Ministerial Committee meeting chaired by the Secretary, DoCA Shri Avinash K. Srivastava. It was observed that the price of Tomatoes rose sharply since 10th July, 2019. To immediately control the rise in price, the following decisions were taken:
1. Mother Dairy has been directed to immediately begin sellingquality tomatoes through its retail outlets at 40 Rs. per Kilogram and also increase the supply in the market to ensure that quality tomatoes are available to consumers at lower prices.
2. Delhi Government’s Food and Civil Supplies department has also been instructed to exhort traders and logistic providers to increase the supply of tomatoes to the mandis to ensure immediate control of price rise.
It was indicated by Horticulture Division that the situation is only momentary and augmenting of supplies which has commenced shall further increase. Due to the rains the supply of tomatoes in the market, which wasdelayed, will be back to normal.